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CXO Advisory Board
The Sierra Ventures’ CXO Advisory Board is an invitation-only group of leading CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, CMOs,
COOs, CISOs and other tech-savvy Global 1000 executives across a variety of industries and geographies.
Watch the 2017 Sierra CXO Summit Highlights
The CXO Advisors:
- Influence Sierra Ventures’ strategic investment decisions
- Receive exposure to emerging technologies expected to impact the enterprise
- Provide direction on what large enterprises expect from these new technologies, and emerging solutions
- Meet regularly throughout the year to discuss business innovation, key trends and insights
PREVIOUS QUARTERLY CXO WEBINARS
Snehal Antani, Former CIO of GE Capital & CTO of Splunk
CYBERNOMICS: CHANGING THE ECONOMICS OF CYBER DEFENSE
- Cyber is becoming the ‘Space Race’ of our generation, and success will require tremendous collaboration across government, academia, and the private sector
- Snehal shares the lessons he learned applying advanced security practices in financial services, defense, and national security organizations
Mike Brady, CTO, AIG
David Tsao, CISO, Veeva
ML IN ACTION: OPPORTUNITIES AND RISKS
– Machine Learning (ML) and Public Cloud transforming business and IT processes
– Addressing security and compliance risks in public cloud
Anil Earla, Head of Info & Data Analytics, VISA
Adelyn Zhou, CMO, Topbots
Adam Carmi, CTO, Applitools
Mahe Bayireddi, CEO, Phenom People
THE PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR HOW TO LEVERAGE AI IN YOUR ENTERPRISE
– Deep Learning & AI Best Practices
– AI in Applications Development
– AI in HR
Dhruba Borthakur, The Big Data Guy, Facebook
Fawad Butt, Chief Data & Governance Officer, Kaiser Permanente
Ben Sharma, CEO, Zaloni
LESSONS FROM FACEBOOK’S DATA JOURNEY
– The Evolution of Facebook’s big data journey
– Lessons learned while achieving Exabyte scale
– Looking ahead at the data and analytics space
Watch CXO Speaker Series:
Marley Gray, Director of Blockchain, Microsoft
WHY BLOCKCHAIN MATTERS TO ENTERPRISES
Marley Gray, Director of Blockchain, Business Development and Strategy at Microsoft presents to the Sierra Ventures’ CXO Advisory Board insight about “Blockchain as a Service.” Marley covers essential points such as:
– What is Blockchain?
– What is the big deal about Blockchain to consumers
– What are the implications for enterprise IT
– What IT leaders should be doing today
This presentation is 42 minutes long.
Steve Schmidt, CISO, Amazon Web Services
HOW IS AUTOMATION CHANGING SECURITY IN THE CLOUD?
Watch CXO Speaker Series:
Raj Patel, Head of Cloud Engineering, Pinterest
ROAD TO WEBSCALE CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE
Raj discusses internet-sale cloud infrastructure and the challenges of managing complexities of infrastructure… people, culture, and services for Pinterest, a catalog of ideas 100 million people use to plan their everyday lives. All of that activity is helping to build the worlds largest discovery engine.
MEET OUR CXO ADVISORS
Paul CheesbroughChief Technology Officer21st Century Fox
Andrew WilsonChief Information OfficerAccenture
Cynthia StoddardChief Information OfficerAdobe
Tom PeckSenior Vice President & Chief Information Officer AECOM
Mike BradyGlobal Chief Technology OfficerAIG
George LladoSVP, Chief Information OfficerAlexion
Sean LennonChief Information OfficerAllergan
Steve SchmidtVP & Chief Information Security Officer Amazon Web Services
Gary BaumgartnerChief Information OfficerArmanino LLP
Tom MildenhallGlobal Head of Technology Business DevelopmentBank of America Merrill Lynch
Gill HausSVP, CIO Retail & Direct TechnologyCapital One
Yuvi KocharManaging Director, Technology & OperationsCAQH
Ken JohnsenChief Information Officer Caterpillar
Richard WilliamsSVP and Chief Information OfficerCelgene
Aamir HussainChief Technology OfficerCenturyLink
Keith SchlosserExecutive Vice President & Chief Information Officer Chubb International
Motti FinkelsteinCTO - Americas & Global Strategy PlanningCiti
Sunil CutinhoPresidentCME Clearing
Josh ArensbergCTOComcast Technology Solutions
Sangy VatsaChief Information OfficerComerica Bank
Gregory MorrisonChief Information Officer and Senior Vice President Cox Enterprises
Bask IyerChief Information OfficerDell / VMWare
Josh JewettChief Information OfficerDollar Tree Stores
Debra KingChief Information Officer - AgricultureDuPont
Patrick NaefDivisional Senior Vice President Information TechnologyEmirates Group
Patrick Naef is Divisional SVP IT of Dubai-based Emirates Airline & Group. The group comprises of Emirates, one of the world’s fastest growing airlines, dnata, one of the world’s largest air services providers and 60 group companies. Patrick is responsible for providing business technology solutions and systems to support the daily global operations and future growth plans of the group and its subsidiary companies.
Joe SimonChief Operating Officer Encompass Digital Media
Rob WebbChief Information and Technology OfficerEtihad Aviation Group
Gus ShahinChief Information Officer, Information Technology/SystemsFlex
Ashwin RanganChief Innovation and Information OfficerICANN
Steve MillsGlobal Chief Information OfficeriHeartMedia
Kris SingletonCIOInternational Cruises & Excursions, Inc.
Daniel ZelemChief Technology OfficerJohnson & Johnson
Mike SuttenChief Technology OfficerKaiser Permanente
Mike RobinsonExecutive Vice President, Digital Technology, Customer Experience and Site MerchandisingMacys.com
Srini KoushikChief Technology OfficerMagellan Health
Rashmi KumarSVP and CIO U.S. PharmaceuticalMcKesson Corporation
Clark GolestaniChief Information Officer and Executive Vice President, Merck Research Labs ITMerck
“I have come across some really valuable technologies from startup companies through the introductions made by the Sierra team. It would both be very hard to come across these companies and for the startups to get exposure if it was not for the CIO Board.”
Rick HopferChief Information OfficerMolina Healthcare
“Sierra is constantly assessing the market for technology trends and entrepreneur companies that will offer enterprises transformational opportunities. As a CIO Board member, being part of their network is like having an entire team of researchers available to you as an extension of your team.”
James SwansonChief Information OfficerMonsanto
Tsvi GalChief Technology OfficerMorgan Stanley
Eduardo ConradoChief Strategy & Innovation OfficerMotorola
Kalyan RamanChief Technology Officer Nielsen Company
Jim Scholefield Global Chief Information Officer Nike
Madhu NutakkiChief Digital OfficerNissan Motor Corporation
Mark SettleChief Information OfficerOkta
Alan BoehmeGlobal Chief Technology OfficerProcter & Gamble Co.
Aijaz "Jazz" TobaccowallaVP & Chief Information Officer Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Mark ShowersChief Information Officer and Executive Vice PresidentReinsurance Group of America
Ralph LouraChief Technology OfficerRodan + Fields
Bill SchloughSenior Vice President & Chief Information OfficerSan Francisco Giants
Johnna MarcusSenior Director, InnovationSephora
Milo SpragueChief Technology OfficerSilicon Valley Bank
Michael IsraelSenior Vice President & Chief Information OfficerSix Flags Theme Park
David BuckholtzSenior Vice President, Corporate Information TechnologySony Pictures
Tony YoungChief Information Officer Sophos
Ken VennerChief Information Officer SpaceX
Gerri Martin-FlickingerChief Technology OfficerStarbucks
Carol Donovan Juel Executive Vice President & Chief Information Officer Synchrony Financial
Cody SanfordExecutive Vice President & Chief Information OfficerT-Mobile
Ananth KrishnanChief Technology OfficerTata Consultancy Services
Hugh BradlowChief Scientist Telstra
“Through Sierra, I gain exposure to new companies that are going to shape our world. Industry insiders never seem to see the disruptions coming at them--but engaging with young companies gives us a radically different view of the world and better equips us for change.”
Rahul Merchant Executive Vice President & Chief Information Officer TIAA
David TsaoGlobal Information Security Officer (CISO)Veeva Systems
Anil Earla Head of Information and Data Analytics - Global lSVISA
Jamie VorisChief Technology OfficerWalt Disney Studios
David ThompsonChief Information Officer, Executive Vice President, Global Operations and TechnologyWestern Union
Kris OngbonganCTO - Director of Technical OperationsZappos.com